Bangladesh's Fifth Special Judge's Court of Dhaka found former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia guilty of corruption and sentenced her to five years in prison on Thursday. She was convicted of embezzling close to USD $250,000 in donations for...

A court in Amsterdam on Thursday referred to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) the question of whether British nationals lose their EU citizenship after UK's departure from the EU becomes official in March 2019, and...

India's antitrust watchdog, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Thursday imposed a USD $21.17 million fine (1.36 billion rupees) on Google for "search bias" and abuse of its dominant position. The order was passed in...

International Criminal Court (ICC) her decision to open a preliminary examination into allegations of human rights violations committed in the Philippines under President Rodrigo Duterte and...

A Kenyan lawyer was reportedly deported on Tuesday after being charged with treason for attending the symbolic presidential inauguration of opposition leader Raila Odinga. The lawyer, Miguna Miguna, was to appear in court under orders from the...

Australian officials are abusing prisoners with disabilities, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disabilities are at especially high risk, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Tuesday. The report , titled, "I Needed Help, Instead I Was Punished":...

UN expert Paulo Pinheiro on Tuesday reported civilian violence in Syria is dramatically increasing, causing internal displacement and an estimated quarter of a million civilians to flee the country. Pinheiro, Chairperson of the International Commission of Inquiry on...

Polish President Andrzej Duda on Tuesday signed into law an anti-defamation bill that prohibits blaming Poland for assisting in Holocaust crimes. The Act on the Institute of National Remembrance - Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Wednesday criticized Indonesia's increasing public attitude of religious intolerance and urged the government to address it. Zeid also criticized the country's blasphemy laws as "ill-defined" and...

Three justices of the Maldives Supreme Court on Tuesday annulled a controversial ruling the court had issued last Thursday that required the government to immediately release a number of political prisoners. The reversal came a...